Detachable cuff.



L. D. LIVINGSTON.

DETACHABLE CUFF.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 9, 1912.

Patented June 24, 1913.

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Lou/Ls ATTORNEYS UNITED srn'rigs ggnnr OFFICE.

LOUIS D. LIVINGSTON, 01? NEW'YURK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO LIVINGSTON 80LIEBERMA N,

. OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DETAGHABLE CUFF.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 24,1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS D. LIVINGSTON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, in thecounty and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedDetachable Cuff, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The invention relates to wearing apparel and more particularly toshirts, waists and similar garments, and its object is to provide a newand improved detachable cuff arranged to permit the wearer toconveniently attach the cuff to the shirt sleeve or remove it therefrom,and to give the cuff the appearance when attached of being sewed on orforming an integral part of the sleeve.

For the purpose mentioned the cuff is provided at its inner end with areceiving part into which the sleeve band is set, and fastening meansfor detachably connecting the receiving part and sleeve band with eachother.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cuff as applied to the shirtsleeve, part of the outer portion of the cuff being turned backand partof the inner portion of the cuff being shown bro-ken out to disclose thepocket containing the sleeve band; Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view ofthe same on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged crosssection of the same on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

The cuff A is arranged for detachable engagement with the sleeve band Bof the sleeve C of a shirt, the latter as well as the cuff beingpreferably made of a soft fabric material such as is now generallyemployed in the making of neglige or similar shirts. The cuff A is ofdouble-up shape, that is, is made of two or more plies of soft materialunited to form a wide band doubled up to provide an outer cuff part Aand an inner cuff part A integrally connected at their front ends, andof which the outer cuff part A is somewhat wider than the inner cuffpart A and overlies the latter and proects rearwardly beyond the rearedge of the inner part, as plainly indicated in Figs. 1 and 3. The rearportion of the inner cuff part A is provided with a pocket A open at therear for the reception of the sleeve band B, as plainly indicated in thedrawings. To the inner portion A of the pocket A are secured the shanksD of a number of buttons D, preferably spaced apart and adapted to passthrough registering buttonholes B formed in the sleeve band B, thebuttons also being adapted to engage buttonholes A formed in the outerportion A of the pocket A, as will be readily understood by reference tothe drawings. By the arrangement described, the buttons D serve tosecurely fasten the inner and outer portions A, A of the pocket A to thesleeve band B, and as the buttons extend all the way around on the cuff,it is evident that the cuff is securely fastened to the sleeve band, thecuff appearing as forming an integral part of the shirt sleeve, the sameas if the said cuff was sewed on the shirt sleeve.

It will be noticed that the outer part A of the cuff, on account ofbeing wider than the inner part A overlies and covers up the pocket A aswell as the buttons D, so that the pocket and buttons are not visible.

In case the cuff becomes soiled it can be readily detached from thesleeve band B and another sleeve cuff placed in position on the saidband in the manner above described.

It is understood that the outer and inner portions A, A are providedwith the usual buttonholes A, A for engagement by a cuff button or thelike E for closing the cuff at the ends.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

As a new article of manufacture a detachable cuff for shirt sleeves,comprising doubled-up outer and inner portions, of which the innerportion is provided along its rear edge with a pocket for the receptionof the sleeve band, buttons secured to the inner face of the inner partof the pocket, and buttonholes in the outer part of the pocket and inregister with and adapted to be e ,by the said buttons, the said buttonsmg adapted also to engage buttonholes in the sleeve band', the saidouter portion of the 5 cuif being of a greater width than the said innerportion to overlie and cover the said pocket.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of twosubscribing witnesses. v Y

'LOUIS D. LIVINGSTON.

Witnesses:

THEO. G. Hosmn,

PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS.

